Dave Knorr wrote:
& I agree with others who have posted on this discussion that Hammond's
& assertions are confusing at best.
GH: So is Einstein's Theory to people who properly belong
in the skilled trades.
& In trying to understand the importance he
& attaches to the "auxology", which I translate to mean "an organism can
grow
& no larger than it can", he provides some incite [sic, insight]
& in his reply to me:
&
GH:
"an organism can grow no larger than it can"
Yes... that is a correct statement of the relation of the
phenotype to the genotype. It accounts for all sigmoidal
curves of growth.
& <start GH quote&
& As far as the question of "how does this Law prove God
& exists"... that is a SEPARATE ISSUE, properly discussed on
& a philosophy or Theology newsgroup. But, parenthetically,
& let me explain that it is not complicated. To wit, if
& there is a growth curve deficit as I have argued, then it
& obviously must exist for every organ in the body including
& the human BRAIN. Obviously according to this 15 or 20%
& of the human brain is actually only "PARTIALLY GROWN" in
& the average human being. The theory argues (and proves BTW)
& that the average human being only sees "80% of reality"
& because of this, and, not incredibly, refers to the other
& 20$ as "God". See my website for further details.
& </end GH quote&
&
& I have a problem with the notion that an organism with a stunted body also
& has stunted brain size
GH: This is a proven fact, not an argument. Beyond that
it's it's intui9tively obvious to even an
uneducated observer, where it's known as
"uniform first order allometry".
&(_not the same as brain development_) and is somehow
& less-able to view reality than another organism.
GH: This is also a proven fact (e.g. mental Retardation)
and not an argument.
& There's too many
& assumptions being made.
GH:
Those who are ignorant of the facts like to call them
assumptions.
I appreciate your problems, but they are only the usual
mundane problems of education.
& Also, it's unclear how a plant with smaller leaves
& is different than its genetically identical twin with slightly larger
& leaves.
GH:
It's called a "growth curve deficit"
& Dave Knorr
GH: Happy Newyear to you too.
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